Today, John Stephen, flanked by State Legislators, announced his entrance into the race to replace Gov. John Lynch.  Here is the press  release issued by his campaign.

John Stephen Forms Committee To Run For Governor
CONCORD, NH- Former homicide prosecutor, state Homeland Security Coordinator, Health and Human Services Commissioner and current business consultant John Stephen today announced [...]

Like Dracula reacting to a cross or sprig or garlic, House Democrats cowered in fear that the voters might be so bold as to enact spending caps.   By a 202-148 vote, mostly along party lines, the House voted to ITL House Bill 1522 today.
No less than six cities (Manchester, Nashua, Dover, Franklin, Laconia, and Rochester) [...]

Please join John Stephen on Wednesday as he announces the formation of his campaign committee. He will be joined by several House and Senate leaders at we take the first steps to Make New Hampshire Great Again!
12:30 -1:30
Legislative Office Building Lobby
33 North State St.
Concord
www.johnstephen.com

Sen Kathleen Sgambati, in a Feb 2010 Op-Ed article disputed the notion that “we do not have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem.” She pointed to a troubled economy as a reason that we need to spend more, not less. I think she has this completely backwards, and I firmly believe [...]

So John DiStaso has this line in an online update to his column today:
Republican Stephen told the New Hampshire Union Leader andUnionLeader.com in an interview last Thursday he would become acandidate for governor, joining businessman James Kimball, conservativeactivist Karen Testerman and state Rep. Frank Emiro in a GOP lineuplooking to unseat Democratic incumbent Gov. John [...]

Ovide Lamontagne issued the following statement today calling on Paul Hodes to return Charlie Rangel’s dirty money, much like his colleague Carol Shea-Porter has.

Lamontagne Statement on Hodes Keeping Tainted Rangel Donations
(Manchester, NH) – Ovide Lamontagne, candidate for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire, today issued the following statement concerning the refusal of Congressman Paul Hodes (D‐NH) [...]

It’s getting close to the time when incumbent legislators have to make decisions about whether they will run again. Chris Dodd and Evan Bayh chose to retire rather than face a hostile electorate, and incumbent state senate Democrats have to be thinking about doing the same thing.
REPUBLICANS: My basic theory is that if an incumbent [...]

Well, that was quick.  Shortly after the NHGOP renewed its call for CSP to return Rangel’s dirty money, James Pindell at NH Political Report posted the following story:
Democratic Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter is returning all campaign contributions from Congressman Charlie Rangel (D-New York) after a panel last week said he had violated ethics rules for not [...]

Here is the NHGOP’s response to CSP retuning Rangel’s dirty money:

SHEA-PORTER DUMPS RANGEL MONEY,
TIME FOR HODES, SHAHEEN, AND SWETT TO DO THE SAME
CONCORD – Representative Carol Shea-Porter finally announced this morning that she will return her donations from disgraced Congressman Charlie Rangel (D-NY) (NHPoliticalReport, 3/2). Representative Shea-Porter becomes the first New Hampshire Democrat [...]